Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of water containing chlorides dissolved therein



Dec. 14, 1948. MEINCKE, JR 2,456,524

APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF WATER CONTAINING CHLORIDES DISSOLVED THEREIN Filed May 12, 1944 N j ZNVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 14, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF WATER CONTAINING CHLORIDES DISSOLVED THEREIN Howard D. Meincke, Jr., Glencoe, Ill assignor to Howard D. Meincke, Sr., Glencoe, Ill.

Application May 12, 1944, Serial No. 535,336

4 Claims. (01. 210-16) This invention relates to apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of water (such as sea water) containing chlorides dissolved therein for the purpose of rendering such water drinkable.

While the apparatus is capable of more general application, it is particularly adapted for use by those who may have the misfortune to be adrift upon the open sea, with no available supply of fresh water; it is also particularly adaptable for use in carrying out the process of treating such water as set forth in my application filed March 25, 1944, which matured into Patent 2,374,116 on April 17, 1945.

It is the general purpose and object of my invention to provide an apparatus of the character referred to which constitutes a kit which shall be compact, whereby it will occupy only a small amount of space; which shall be simple in construction; and which can be readily utilized for the purpose for which it is designed.

My apparatus or kit consists in general of two containers in the form of collapsible bags of waterproof material, in one of which containers the water to be treated is subjected to the action of a suitable chemical reagent or reagents capable of precipitating one or more of the chlorine constituents of the chlorides dissolved in the water, and the other of which containers is provided with an efficient filter or strainer for removing the precipitate from the water delivered thereinto from the former container. The containers or bags are also provided with simple and effective means for conveniently connecting and disconnecting the same in order to allow the water which has been subjected to the reagent or reagents in one of said containers to be delivered into the other container through the filter contained in the latter.

Further objects of my invention will be set forth in connection with the description of the drawings forming part hereof, wherein Fig. 1 is a view in elevation, with parts broken away, of the mixing or reacting container comprised in my apparatus or kit; Fig. 2 a perspective view of the filtering container comprised in my apparatus or kit; Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectional view through the container shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a detail in section corresponding to the lined-4 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 5 a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the manner in which the two containers of my kit are utilized for the purpose of filtering liquid which has been treated in the container shown in Fig. 1, the cap employed with the lower of said containers'belng omitted.

Describing the various parts by reference characters, A denotes generally what I have termed the mixing or reacting container, the same being a bag made of collapsible waterproof material, such as molded rubber, and preferably being of a size adequate to yield, after treatment, '1 pint (4'73 0. c.) of drinkable water when filled with sea water to the line marked thereon and indicated at ID. The top of the container A is provided with a mouth at the outer end of a neck I I, made preferably of semi-hard rubber and having vertically spaced recesses l2 formed within and projecting outwardly from the inner wall thereof and extending entirely around said wall. At its top, the neck is provided with a flange I3, having a perforated lug or extension l4 projecting therefrom to which one end of a cord [5 is secured, the opposite end being secured to a perforated lug or extension 16* of the flange IS- on the capped stopper I6. This capped stopper is also made preferably of semi-hard rubber and is provided with spaced ribs I6, the stopper being of such size and shape as to form a snug fit within the neck I I when pressed thereinto, the yielding nature of the material of which said neck is composed enabling the said ribs "5 to be sprung into the recesses provided within the said neck, whereby leakage between the neck and the stopper will be prevented. I

For convenience of folding into a compact space, the bag A is shallow in depth from front to back, corresponding in this respect with'the depth from front to back of the filtering bag, which will now be described.

The filtering bag, designated generally at B, comprises an upper section 20 and a lower section 2L. The upper section is provided with a mouth at the outer end of a neck 22 made preferably of semi-hard rubber. The neck 22is of such external dimensions-and shape as to enable it and the neck II to be connected by firmly pressing the necks together, as shown in Fig. 5, it being noted that the neck 22 is provided on its external surface with vertically spaced outwardly extending ribs 23 which are adapted to be received within the recesses l2 of the neck of the container A, whereby a leakproof connection will be provided between the said containers when so united. The neck H is provided with an inwardly extending flange ll at its base which is adapted to be engaged by the end of the neck 22 when the said necks are effectively connected. Within the upper section 28 is located a filter 24 of suitable material, such as chamois skin, said filter having its upper end connected in any suitable manner to the bottom of the neck 22. The upper and lower sections of the filtering bag are telescopically united and their overlapping portions are secured together, as by vulcanization. The filtering container or bag thus formed is provided at its bottom with a tubular outlet spout zfi pro'vid'e'd with 'a' valve 2G afidfis 'ails'o provided with a cap 27, also preferably made of semi-hard rubber and the internal dimensions of which are such as to enable it to form a tight closure with the neck 22 when pressed upon the latter. In order to prevent leakage between the container B and the cap, the latter is provided within its inner wall with vertically spaced recesses 28 into which the ribs 23 will be sprung when the cap is applied to the neck. rueea is also provided with a flange '29 a-tits base, the said flange having a perforated lug or extension 30 to which one end of a cord 3| is secured, the opposite end being secured to a perforated lug 32 fdrn1'ed onthe upper section of the container or bag B.

When not in "use, the containers or bags A and B will be collapsed and placed within a suitable receptacle which may-als'ocontain the chem real reagent'orireajgents with which the water is to be treated. :The material employed for the producti'on'of the containers or bags "permits the la tt'erto .be folded, if ne'cessary, in order :to enable thei'n to befitted'within the said receptacle, and the oblong shape of their necks contributes tip the compactness of the space which'they will occupy.

when it is desir'able For necessary to utilize my apparatus print, thecap 1'6 'willbe removed from the Ciiitbilnr 'er b'a'g A and "the latter filled with sea water to the line mark'ed III, the amount of sea Water contained within the'container or bag A b'ing the amount required for cooperation "with the *chemicalreagentor reagents which is or are inserteatnereinto. Following this insertion, the eap tvillfbe reapplied and the jeont'ainer =or bag snare vigorouslyfo'r' a sufficient time to enable the 'reaiction to occur. Utilizing the chemical 're agent *set' f '11 in my -'arbrsaie ap lication, 'a period of agitation 'for approximate five minutes Kvi'il "be suffi(:i'iib to accomplish the precipitation of the chlorine constitutentis "of "the sea water into an insolublechlor'ide. Fol1owing'this, the ee I fifis removedarid the containers "or bags are connected by pressing thehecks of the same together in the manner {shown in Fig. 5, the mateiia' lof which thefnecks arefcomposedfbeing sufiiciently ,yieldable to enable the ribs formed 6n the 'nc'k22 to ber'eceiv'edfwithi'n the recesses formed within the neck n. The containers 'or bags are then held in a vertical position, as shown injFig, "5, and the precipitated chlorine constituents'of the seawater will be removed by means of the filter 24. After such removaL the water-maybe d unk from the container or bag B throughthe tube 2'5','by manipulating thevalve 2'6 th'erein. p v I "From the fore'goingdescription, taken with the drawings, it will be seen that I'have provided'an apparatus orkit which is admirably adapted for they realization of thegeneral purpose for which it' ha s been aesigneaana which .is simple inconstru'c'tionyeconomical of production, and which ha's th e important advantage "of occupying .a coin 'ratively fs'ni'all mace-a very important cons deration for these who may have the .misfortune to 'be adrift! upon the open sea and em, d'ed with'otherswithin'aboator upon .a'iaft.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An apparatus suitable for the treatment of water containing a chloride in solution for the purpose of removing chlorine from said chloride dissolved therein, the said apparatus comprising a container of :collapsib1e 'waterpreof "material having a neck of semi-rigid material, the neck having a mouth for the introduction thereinto chloride, dissolved "therein, as an insoluble chloride, a second container of collapsible waterproof material having a neck of semi-rigid material provided -with a mouth, a filter element of collapsible material within the second container and having its :receiving portion secured in prox- 'irnity to the inner end of the neck of the second container whereby water introduced into said second container must ;%pass through said filter element, the-necks of said containers being complementary in-shape, one to the other, whereby the containers may be united through a movement ofthe neck of 'one of said containers longitudinally of the neck of the other container.

2. In -the=apparatus set =forth in claim 1,lone of the necks being :provided on its outer surface with one or more outwardly extending ribs and the other of the necks being provided with one or more cooperating recesses therewithin projecting outwardly from the inner surface thereof and-adaptedto receive the said rib'or ribs.

3. An apparatus suitable for the treatment of water containing"a chloride in solution for the purpose of removing chlorine fromwsaid chloride dissolved therein, the said apparatus comprising a container molded from 'rubber in such manner that the width of the container greatly exceeds the depth of the 'samdsaid container having an oblong neck "of semi-rigid material the width whereof gre'atl y'exdee'ds the depth thereof, aseco-nd container similar, as to 'ma-terial and "shape, to the first container :and also having a neck similar, as to material and :shape, to the neck of the first container, a filter element-of 'cfoliapsible material in the second :container "open receivin'g end secured :in "proximity to the inner end of the neck o'fsa'i'd second container whereby water introduced into said container must pass through sa-id filter elsement, 'thenecks of the said containers bein'g tcomplenrentary in shape, *on'eto the other, whereby-the containers may be united through ta'move'inent of the neck or one of said containers longitudinally of (the neck of the other container. I A. In thea'pjclarat'uss'set forth in claim 3, the neck of an-e of "said "containers being provided with spaced projections extending around the outer surface thereof and the neck of the other container "being [provided FWith spaced recesses extending around and projecting outwardlyirroin the inner fsuziface thereo'fandxadapted to receive the said projections therewithinp .HOWARD D. JMEINC'K'E, JR.

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